About

Hamilton is located in the beautiful hills of Northwest Alabama, 100 miles northwest of Birmingham, Alabama and 50 miles east of Tupelo, Mississippi. Within our city limits, there are four exit ramps to Interstate 22, the super-highway connecting Memphis, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama.

Hamilton is situated almost in the center of Marion County. The roots of the county go back to the early history of the State of Alabama. Marion County takes its name from the Revolutionary War Hero Frances Marion, and was created as the largest Alabama territorial county in 1818. At this time the county stretched deep into what is now South Alabama and Mississippi. Settlers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and the Carolinas came here to settle what was then known as the Mid-Western Frontier. Hamilton, in its early history was first known as Toll Gate, named for a toll-gate on the old Military Road.